burr-kirven was exactly the same in high school: dominant - all over the field making tackles. his vision and instincts were off the charts.
it's not size; it's bad evaluation. we took mustafa branch - who is the same size or smaller - over burr-kirven. jordan perez was the same size coming out of high school. rankings for the 3 were similar. we thought that branch and perez were better.
the fixation on seeing him in camp was a big mistake, another example of stubborn rigidity. he played in atherton, 3 miles from stanford, and the press on him in high school was brobdingnagian. he was not a sleeper.
and it's not in retrospect. i am one of a dozen fans who posted at the time that we should offer ben.
p.s. funny quirk on the cardboard site: i type, h u g e; the site shows h u g e as i type and in the preview, but insists on substituting "of immense proportions" when it actually posts.
it's not size; it's bad evaluation. we took mustafa branch - who is the same size or smaller - over burr-kirven. jordan perez was the same size coming out of high school. rankings for the 3 were similar. we thought that branch and perez were better.
the fixation on seeing him in camp was a big mistake, another example of stubborn rigidity. he played in atherton, 3 miles from stanford, and the press on him in high school was brobdingnagian. he was not a sleeper.
and it's not in retrospect. i am one of a dozen fans who posted at the time that we should offer ben.
p.s. funny quirk on the cardboard site: i type, h u g e; the site shows h u g e as i type and in the preview, but insists on substituting "of immense proportions" when it actually posts.